Louis Salvatore - Gramercy Property Independent Trustee

Mr. Louis P. Salvatore serves as Independent Trustee of the Company. Mr. Salvatore was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP since 1967, where he currently works parttime focusing on the wind down of the public accounting practice. Mr. Salvatore was a partner at Arthur Andersen LLP from 1977 until 2002 and held a number of management positions with Arthur Andersen LLP including Office Managing Partner for Metro New York, Northeast Region Managing Partner, Member of the Worldwide Board of Partners and Interim Managing Partner of Andersen Worldwide. He also currently serves as an independent director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for public traded closed end and open end funds managed by Brookfield Asset Management and serves as a Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Turner Corporationrationration, Mr. Salvatore previously served as a Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee for SP Fiber Technologies Inc. from 2012 to 2015, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. from 2004 through 2011 and for Crystal River Capital Inc., a mortgage REIT sponsored by Brookfield Asset Management, from 2005 through 2010. In addition, Mr. Salvatore has served on the board of many of New York area civic and community organizations, including New York Partnership, United Way of New York City and Catholic Charities Dioceses of Brooklyn. Mr. Salvatore also holds a Masters Professional Director Certification from the American College of Corporationrationrate Directors since 2012.